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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEEED N. LovELAeE, E KNOXVTLLE, TENNESSEE, AssieNoE To HIMsELE AND sYLvANUs s. HOWELL, oEsAME PLAGE.

lNsl-:cT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 224,196, dated February 3, 1880.

Application filed July 30, 1879. y

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED N. LVELAGE, of Knoxville, in the county of Knox and Stale of Tennessee, have invented a new andlmproved Insect-Trap, ot' whichthe following is that are destructive to bees and to vegetation,V

and that produce the larvae so destructive to I5 tobacco, cotton, &c. Y Y

The invention consists of a dat-bottomed rectangular pan, preferably of sheet? met-al, to the upper edge of which is fixed an outwardiiaring rim, whose lower edge/projects within 2O the sides ot the pan. Fromthe corners of the pan tour strips ot' metal or wood project up-` ward and inward to about haltthe height of the trap, and from the ends of these four other strips project upward and outward tothe top of thetrap, which is provided with'a central opening protected by a cowl, and titted between these corner strips areplates oi' glass, and between the upper edges ot' "the lower plates and the lower edges of the upper ones 3o are open spaces, as also belowthelower edges of the lower plates. Within this` device a lamp or candle is placed to attract theinsects. In the drawingsprt represents the pan; B, the rim, with an edge,r a', projecting within 3 5 the pan. C are the hanged corne'rstrips projectin g upward and inward. D are the lian ged strips vprojecting upward and outward. E are bosses to hold in the upper glass plates. F are the glass plates. Gis the top of the device, provided with an aperture, H, over 4o which is a cowl, I, andK is the handle.

The.V trap is prepared by placing oil, water,

or other liquid in the pan, and alighted lamp,

L, or candle to attract the insects. The insects crawling up the inclined planes of glass 4 5 will v'oluntarily enter or will fall into the trap through the openings b or c and into the liquid in the pan, whence they'will be unable to escape; or should any otl those entering attenipt to get outl through the opening in the 5o top ofthe trap the cowl will prevent their dirrect exit, and they will be overcome by the smoke and heat there, and fall back into the liquid in the pan. The projecting edge a.' will prevent the insects from crawling out of the pan.

`Having thus fully described my invention, Iv claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- The combination, in an insect trap, of apan 6o `havin g the edged Vrim a B, the upwardly and inwardly inclined hanged corner strips C, the ilauged strips D, projectingupwardly and outwardly, the glassplates F, held by boss E, and the top G, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

. ALFRED N. LOVELAOE.

Witnesses:

M. G. MooEE, D. C. LUSBY. 

